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QABULI | by Habib from Afghanistan

Updated: 5 days ago



Light and aromatic rice dish, jeweled with carrots and raisins, considered to be an Afghan national dish.


Ingredients:

-Oil ½ cup

-Onions 1 medium sliced

-Mutton 500 gm

-Garlic paste 2 tbsp

-Water 4-5 cup

-Salt 2 & ½ tsp or to taste

-Sugar 2-3 tbs

-Mutton stock

-Green cardamom powder ½ tsp

-Whole spice powder ½ tsp

-Oil 3 tbs

-Onion

-Boiled mutton

-Oil 2 tsp

-Carrots julienne 1 cup

-Sugar 2 tsp

-Black raisins ¼ cup

Assembling:

-Parboiled rice (with 1 tsp salt) 600 gms

-Mutton stock

-Green cardamom powder 1 tsp

-Whole spice powder ½ tsp

-Mutton

-Carrots & raisins


Directions:

-In pot,add oil and onion (sliced),fry until light brown.

-Add mutton and saute little.

-Add garlice paste and fry until meat changes color.

-Now add water and salt,cook until water is reduced to half and meat is tender.

-Separate meat from stock and set aside.

-Cook stock until it is reduced to 1-1/2 cup,strain the stock and set aside.

-Take separate fry pan,add sugar and caramelize on low flame,add mutton stock and mix it.

-Add whole spice powder,green cardamon powder,mix well and set aside.

-In a wok,add oil and onion,fry until light brown.

-Add boiled mutton meat and fry for 3-4 minutes,set aside.

-In separate fry pan,add oil and carrort julienne,mix it.

-Add sugar and saute until sugar melts.

-Add black raisins,mix and set aside.


For assembling:

-In pot, add parboiled rice, spread them and drizzle mutton stock.

-Add green cardamom powder, whole spice powder and fried mutton.

-Lastly topped with carrot and raisins mixture.

-Covered the pot with thick cloth and lid.

-Simmer on low flame for 10-15 minutes.

-Garnish with carrot, raisins mixture and blanch almonds.




Habib from Afghanistan, member of KYCLOS community, talking about and holding his handwritten recipe:





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